Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Petroleum 
Phillips 
Pondera 
Powder River 
Powell 
Prairie 
Ravalli 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
100 
507 
505 
328 
263 
186 
1,438 
2007 
103 
556 
542 
319 
273 
173 
1,532 
acres, 2012 
689,752 
2,066,540 
956,635 
1,588,599 
589,239 
769,046 
234,782 
2007 
640,707 
2,006,068 
944,486 
1,620,068 
670,354 
767,508 
262,872 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
70 
326 
355 
162 
146 
115 
868 
2007 
71 
335 
364 
213 
154 
126 
809 
acres, 2012 
81,192 
286,426 
306,371 
73,952 
47,028 
55,774 
42,100 
TENURE 
2007 
51,446 
225,220 
301,101 
107,602 
57,430 
69,278 
39,142 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
44 
304 
255 
196 
200 
110 
1,168 
2007 
50 
354 
277 
166 
190 
82 
1,249 
acres, 2012 
222,774 
689,185 
259,448 
645,082 
190,174 
392,085 
111,900 
2007 
199,223 
835,407 
285,124 
475,157 
185,043 
333,003 
149,391 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
23 
151 
145 
83 
94 
51 
671 
2007 
24 
174 
145 
88 
90 
52 
628 
acres, 2012 
21,976 
67,767 
58,190 
35,896 
15,915 
19,602 
16,980 
2007 
8,851 
91,068 
70,725 
31,841 
18,717 
(D) 
19,841 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
48 
152 
202 
115 
52 
63 
223 
2007 
42 
157 
213 
124 
66 
85 
225 
acres, 2012 
417,848 
1,134,646 
617,234 
886,505 
380,702 
348,289 
110,219 
2007 
417,346 
986,581 
568,828 
1,008,876 
435,947 
415,380 
91,515 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
246,899 
608,526 
352,445 
565,203 
215,731 
250,936 
64,437 
2007 
274,967 
564,735 
324,063 
684,596 
300,814 
255,135 
46,009 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
170,949 
526,120 
264,789 
321,302 
164,971 
97,353 
45,782 
2007 
142,379 
421,846 
244,765 
324,280 
135,133 
160,245 
45,506 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
41 
136 
175 
74 
46 
57 
171 
2007 
40 
137 
183 
114 
55 
72 
156 
acres, 2012 
54,666 
159,459 
218,526 
37,528 
28,213 
31,420 
20,172 
2007 
39,517 
113,784 
197,227 
69,077 
32,365 
36,755 
16,158 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
8 
51 
48 
17 
11 
13 
47 
2007 
11 
45 
52 
29 
17 
6 
58 
acres, 2012 
49,130 
242,709 
79,953 
57,012 
18,363 
28,672 
12,663 
2007 
24,138 
184,080 
90,534 
136,035 
49,364 
19,125 
21,966 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
6 
39 
35 
5 
6 
7 
26 
2007 
7 
24 
36 
11 
9 
2 
25 
acres, 2012 
4,550 
59,200 
29,655 
528 
2,900 
4,752 
4,948 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
3,078 
20,368 
33,149 
6,684 
6,348 
(D) 
3,143 
Total operators 
number 
171 
795 
846 
594 
429 
310 
2,317 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
41 
293 
250 
114 
121 
87 
661 
2 operators 
49 
162 
203 
168 
121 
85 
709 
3 operators 
8 
38 
35 
40 
19 
7 
58 
4 operators 
2 
10 
12 
6 
1 
4 
4 
5 or more operators 
- 
4 
5 
" 
1 
3 
6 
Total women operators 
number 
52 
228 
260 
212 
147 
109 
935 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
46 
186 
223 
186 
139 
93 
842 
2 operators 
3 
17 
16 
13 
4 
4 
38 
3 operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 operators 
- 
" 
- 
- 
2 
2 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
- 
- 
" 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
172 
872 
876 
562 
458 
303 
2,504 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
52 
319 
297 
125 
124 
76 
685 
2 operators 
34 
175 
193 
156 
121 
76 
760 
3 operators 
16 
49 
33 
29 
22 
15 
61 
4 operators 
1 
9 
10 
8 
4 
3 
14 
5 or more operators 
4 
9 
1 
2 
3 
12 
Total women operators 
number 
47 
261 
244 
214 
158 
100 
1,026 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
33 
224 
199 
177 
142 
88 
909 
2 operators 
7 
10 
15 
14 
8 
6 
48 
3 operators 
- 
3 
5 
3 
- 
- 
7 
4 operators 
2 
" 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
88 
456 
455 
291 
227 
162 
1,129 
2007 
94 
475 
496 
277 
240 
152 
1,179 
acres, 2012 
673,426 
2,009,460 
908,282 
1,509,919 
578,667 
733,942 
220,680 
2007 
632,729 
1 ,872,243 
880,161 
1,536,107 
640,578 
735,700 
238,114 
Female 
farms, 2012 
12 
51 
50 
37 
36 
24 
309 
2007 
9 
81 
46 
42 
33 
21 
353 
acres, 2012 
16,326 
57,080 
48,353 
78,680 
10,572 
35,104 
14,102 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
7,978 
133,825 
64,325 
83,961 
29,776 
31,808 
24,758 
Farming 
2012 
78 
327 
314 
213 
152 
133 
676 
2007 
74 
359 
325 
207 
150 
117 
659 
Other 
2012 
22 
180 
191 
115 
111 
53 
762 
Place of residence: 
2007 
29 
197 
217 
112 
123 
56 
873 
On farm operated 
2012 
72 
365 
400 
279 
212 
143 
1,303 
2007 
77 
380 
417 
256 
244 
135 
1,405 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
28 
142 
105 
49 
51 
43 
135 
2007 
26 
176 
125 
63 
29 
38 
127 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Montana 463 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
